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  • From: Faheem Mitha <faheem AT email.unc.edu>
  • To: UNC Linux Users Group <unclug AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [unclug] LaTeX help?
  • Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 15:02:54 -0500 (EST)



On Mon, 7 Feb 2005, Cristobal Palmer wrote:

I had the bright idea of turning in my Discrete Math homework as
neatly-printed LaTeX documents instead of pen-and-paper.

If you want to see my actual problem, look below.

Look below where?

Suffice it to say that I
gave up after about an hour and a half of googling and www.tug.org
browsing, and was wondering if anybody either knew the answer or could
suggest another reference.

Did you try posting to comp.text.tex?

I got stuck trying to get $x\not{\in}B$ to render correctly. It should
look like an epsilon with a slash through it, but LaTeX doesn't seem to
realize how big the "Is an element of" character is, so the slash doesn't
go through the middle.

Try \notin. Suggestion: if you don't have a good latex book, get yourself one (or better, two or three). I have "A Guide into Latex", "Math into Latex", and am considering buying the new edition of "the Latex Companion".

Pg 459 of "Math into Latex" has a table of operators (A.2.3 Negated Binary Operators). It took me about a minute to find this information.

Googling is very useful; I do it all the time, but it is not a substitute for a good book. HTH.

Faheem.




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